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| Longsleddale: flood 18981101 | ||
| civil parish:- | Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | flood | |
| locality type:- | flood, 1898 | |
| locality type:- | rain storm | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4904 (etc) | |
| 10Km square:- | NY40 | |
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| evidence:- | newspaper:- item:- flood, 1898; rain |
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| source data:- | Westmorland GazetteTranscription from the Westmorland Gazette, 5 November 1898, p.8 Rain storm of Tuesday night Wednesday morning, 1-2 November. "Great Flood on Wednesday" "... At Dale End, Longsleddale, considerable damage has been done. A breast wall three roods long was demolished, also a quantity of fence walling. The beck was so full that it quite covered the bridge. The roads in Longsleddale were quite impassable; near the vicarage the river overflowed into the road and was still there on Thursday. Right up to the top of the valley fences and light bridges have been carried down, and much damage done. On the Flatts above Sadgill the stream was a big lake, whilst the effects of the ghylls down the hillsides was very fine." |
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| evidence:- | text:- KendalRO : WDS70/1 school log book |
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| source data:- | "School was not opened yesterday. The roads being in many places knee deep in water,
neither children or I were able to cross. Most of the girls are very wet this morning,
having had to pass through the water." |
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| Watkins and Whyte 2008 : 1898 : 1898 : 1898 |
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| date:- | 1.11.1898 to 2.11.1898 |
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| period:- | 19th century, late | |
| period:- | 1890s | |
| event:- | flood, 1898 |
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